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August 2017 with Priscilla Chan / 

2017年8月共普莉希拉-陈

Priscilla and I are so happy to welcome our daughter August! 

普莉希拉和我都很高兴地欢迎我们的女儿August（八月）！

We wrote her a letter about the world we hope she grows up in, and also hoping she doesn't grow up too fast.

我们给她写了一封信，讲了我们希望她在什么样的世界里长大，同时希望她不要长得太快。

Dear August,

亲爱的August，

Welcome to the world!

 欢迎到这个世界！

Your mom and I are so excited to see who you will become.

你妈妈和我都很激动，看看你将来会长成什么样的人。

When your sister was born, we wrote a letter about the world we hoped she and now you will grow up in -- a world with better education, fewer diseases, stronger communities, and greater equality.

当你妹妹出生的时候，我们写了信告诉她，我们希望她成长在什么样的世界，也包括你，希望这个世界将拥有更好教育、更少疾病、更强大的社群以及更加平等。

We wrote that with all the advances in science and technology, your generation should live dramatically better lives than ours, and we have a responsibility to do our part to make that happen.

我们写道，随着科学技术的进步，你们这一代人的生活应该超越我们，无比美好，我们有责任尽自己的一份力量去实现这一目标。

Even though headlines often focus on what's wrong, we still believe these positive trends will win out.

尽管头条新闻经常聚焦于负面错误的事情，但我们仍然相信这些积极正确的事情会胜出。

We're optimists about your generation and the future.

我们对你们的一代和未来都充满乐观。

But rather than write about growing up, we want to talk about childhood.

但我们不想写成长的故事，而是想谈谈童年。

The world can be a serious place.这个世界可能会是一个超级严肃的地方。

That's why it's important to make time to go outside and play.

所以，腾出时间出去玩是很重要的。

You will be busy when you're older, so I hope you take time to smell all the flowers and put all the leaves you want in your bucket now.

等你长大了，你会很忙，所以我希望你现在多花点时间闻所有的花香，把你选中的绿叶放进你的小桶。

I hope you read your favorite Dr. Seuss books so many times you start inventing your own stories about the Vipper of Vipp.

我希望你多读最喜欢的苏斯博士的书，你就可以创意你自己版本的Vipper of Vipp的故事。

I hope you ride the carousel with Max until you've tamed every color horse.

我希望你和姐姐一起骑着旋转木马，直到你驯服了每匹彩色马。

I hope you run as many laps around our living room and yard as you want. And then I hope you take a lot of naps.I hope you're a great sleeper.

我希望你能在我们的客厅和院子里尽情奔跑。我希望你能随时小睡充电。而且睡得棒棒哒。

And I hope even in your dreams you can feel how much we love you.

我希望，即使在梦里，你也能感受到我们有多么爱你。

Childhood is magical.

童年充满魔力。

You only get to be a child once, so don't spend it worrying too much about the future.

你只能做一次孩子，所以不要花太多时间担心未来。

You've got us for that, and we'll do everything we possibly can to make sure the world is a better place for you and all children in your generation.你有我们的支持，我们将尽一切可能确保这个世界对你和你那一代的所有孩子都是一个更好的地方。

August, we love you so much and we're so excited to go on this adventure with you. August，

八月，我们非常爱你，我们很兴奋能和你一起去探险。

We wish you a life of joy, love and the same hope you give us.

我们希望你的生活充满欢乐、爱也希望你能给我们这些。

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